An oligarch accused of financing pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine appeared to continue moving millions of dollars through the global banking system with the help of a Cypriot financial services firm after he was placed under sanctions by western governments, the Guardian can reveal.
Konstantin Malofeyev, a banker whose business interests include the Kremlin-supporting Tsargrad media group, has been described by the US authorities as “one of the main sources of financing” for the promotion of Russian interests in eastern Ukraine and Crimea.
